[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 25, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1734-S1739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2856. Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself, Mr. Begich, and Ms. 
Heitkamp) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 2124, to support sovereignty and democracy in Ukraine, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 30, after line 23, add the following:

     SEC. __. EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF EXPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS TO 
                   WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION MEMBER COUNTRIES.

       (a) In General.--Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act (15 
     U.S.C. 717b(c)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(c) For purposes'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(c) Expedited Application and Approval Process.--
       ``(1) Definition of world trade organization member 
     country.--In this subsection, the term `World Trade 
     Organization member country' has the meaning given the term 
     `WTO member country' in section 2 of the Uruguay Round 
     Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501).
       ``(2) Expedited application and approval process.--For 
     purposes''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by inserting ``or 
     to a World Trade Organization member country'' after ``trade 
     in natural gas''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply to applications for the authorization to export 
     natural gas under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 
     717b) that are pending on, or filed on or after, the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
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  SA 2857. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2124, to support sovereignty and democracy in 
Ukraine, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:


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       On page 10, line 25, strike ``integrity.'' and insert the 
     following: ``integrity; and
       (9) in order to strengthen long-standing treaty obligations 
     of the United States and Ukraine related to the civil use of 
     nuclear energy, including the Agreement for Cooperation 
     Between the United States of America and Ukraine Concerning 
     Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, done at Kiev, May 6, 1998, 
     and entered into force May 29, 1999, coordinate with the 
     Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Commerce to assist 
     the Government of Ukraine in identifying nuclear fuel 
     requirements for Ukraine's power sector, identifying and 
     supporting commercial production capabilities for alternative 
     nuclear fuel supplies and any other assistance determined 
     necessary by the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of 
     Commerce to maintain safe, secure, and sustainable operation 
     of nuclear reactors in Ukraine, and to consider expansion of 
     such assistance to other Central and Eastern European 
     counties as determined appropriate by the Secretary Energy, 
     the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of State.
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  SA 2858. Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Inhofe, 
Mr. Vitter, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. Lee) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
2124, to support sovereignty and democracy in Ukraine, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 21, strike line 9 and all that follows 
     through page 30, line 23, and insert the following:

     SEC. 10. ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS 
                   INVOLVING THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

       (a) Report.--Not later than June 1, 2015, and June 1 of 
     each year thereafter through 2020, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the specified congressional committees a 
     report, in both classified and unclassified form, on the 
     current and future military power of the Russian Federation 
     (in this section referred to as ``Russia''). The report shall 
     address the current and probable future course of military-
     technological development of the Russian military, the tenets 
     and probable development of the security strategy and 
     military strategy of the Government of Russia, and military 
     organizations and operational concepts, for the 20-year 
     period following submission of such report.
       (b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required under 
     subsection (a) shall include the following:
       (1) An assessment of the security situation in regions 
     neighboring Russia.
       (2) The goals and factors shaping the security strategy and 
     military strategy of the Government of Russia.
       (3) Trends in Russian security and military behavior that 
     would be designed to achieve, or that are consistent with, 
     the goals described in paragraph (2).
       (4) An assessment of the global and regional security 
     objectives of the Government of Russia, including objectives 
     that would affect the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the 
     Middle East, or the People's Republic of China.
       (5) A detailed assessment of the sizes, locations, and 
     capabilities of the nuclear, special operations, land, sea, 
     and air forces of the Government of Russia.
       (6) Developments in Russian military doctrine and training.
       (7) An assessment of the proliferation activities of the 
     Government of Russia and Russian entities, as a supplier of 
     materials, technologies, or expertise relating to nuclear 
     weapons or other weapons of mass destruction or missile 
     systems.
       (8) Developments in the asymmetric capabilities of the 
     Government of Russia, including its strategy and efforts to 
     develop and deploy cyberwarfare and electronic warfare 
     capabilities, details on the number of malicious cyber 
     incidents originating from Russia against Department of 
     Defense infrastructure, and associated activities originating 
     or suspected of originating from Russia.
       (9) The strategy and capabilities of space and counterspace 
     programs in Russia, including trends, global and regional 
     activities, the involvement of military and civilian 
     organizations, including state-owned enterprises, academic 
     institutions, and commercial entities, and efforts to 
     develop, acquire, or gain access to advanced technologies 
     that would enhance Russian military capabilities.
       (10) Developments in Russia's nuclear program, including 
     the size and state of Russia's stockpile, its nuclear 
     strategy and associated doctrines, its civil and military 
     production capacities, and projections of its future 
     arsenals.
       (11) A description of the anti-access and area denial 
     capabilities of the Government of Russia.
       (12) A description of Russia's command, control, 
     communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and 
     reconnaissance modernization program and its applications for 
     Russia's precision guided weapons.
       (13) In consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the 
     Secretary of State, developments regarding United States-
     Russian engagement and cooperation on security matters.
       (14) Other military and security developments involving 
     Russia that the Secretary of Defense considers relevant to 
     United States national security.
       (c) Specified Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``specified congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the House of Representatives.

     SEC. 11. RESCISSIONS FROM FOREIGN RELATIONS ACCOUNTS.

       (a) International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement.--
     Of the funds appropriated under the heading ``International 
     Security Assistance, Department of State, International 
     Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' in title IV of 
     division K of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 
     (Public Law 113-76), $65,000,000 are rescinded.
       (b) Contribution to the International Development 
     Association.--Of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Multilateral Assistance, International Financial 
     Institutions, Contribution to the International Development 
     Association'' in title V of division K of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113-76), $43,525,000 are 
     rescinded.
       (c) Contribution to the Asian Development Fund.--Of the 
     funds appropriated under the heading ``Multilateral 
     Assistance, International Financial Institutions, 
     Contribution to the Asian Development Fund'' in title V of 
     division K of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 
     (Public Law 113-76), $9,000,000 are rescinded.
       (d) Contribution to the African Development Fund.--Of the 
     funds appropriated under the heading ``Multilateral 
     Assistance, International Financial Institutions, 
     Contribution to the African Development Fund'' in title V of 
     division K of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 
     (Public Law 113-76), $16,475,000 are rescinded.
       (e) Subsidy Appropriation for the Export-Import Bank of the 
     United States.--Of the unexpended balances available under 
     the heading ``Export and Investment Assistance, Export-Import 
     Bank of the United States, Subsidy Appropriation'' from prior 
     Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs, $23,500,000 are 
     rescinded.
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  SA 2859. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2124, to support sovereignty and democracy in 
Ukraine, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       Strike section 13 and insert the following:

     SEC. 13. ELIGIBILITY FOR CHILD TAX CREDIT.

       (a) In General.--Subsection (e) of section 24 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``under 
     this section to a taxpayer'' and all that follows and 
     inserting ``under this section to any taxpayer unless--
       ``(1) such taxpayer includes the taxpayer's valid 
     identification number (as defined in section 6428(h)(2)) on 
     the return of tax for the taxable year, and
       ``(2) with respect to any qualifying child, the taxpayer 
     includes the name and taxpayer identification number of such 
     qualifying child on such return of tax.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
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  SA 2860. Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Wicker, and Ms. Ayotte) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
2124, to support sovereignty and democracy in Ukraine, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 13, beginning on line 9, strike ``Not later than'' 
     and all that follows through line 13 and insert the 
     following:
       (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a strategy to carry out 
     the activities set forth in subsection (a).
       (2) Elements.--The strategy required under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following elements:
       (A) A preliminary assessment of deficiencies in the 
     defensive military capabilities of Ukraine and other 
     countries in Central and Eastern Europe, including air 
     defense systems and anti-armor capabilities.
       (B) A detailed description of which types of defense 
     articles, defense services, and areas of military training 
     can and will be provided to help address any deficiencies.
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  SA 2861. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2124, to support sovereignty and democracy in 
Ukraine, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       Insert after section 11 the following new section:

     SEC. 12. REPLACEMENT OF FOREIGN SERVICE NATIONALS SERVING AT 
                   UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES IN RUSSIA.

       The Secretary of State shall ensure that, not later than 2 
     years after the date of the enactment of this Act, every 
     individual employed by the United States Government and 
     serving at a United States diplomatic facility in the Russian 
     Federation shall be a citizen of the United States and shall 
     have

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     passed, and be subject to, a thorough background check.
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  SA 2862. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2124, to support sovereignty and democracy in 
Ukraine, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       Insert after section 11 the following new section:

     SEC. 12. INCLUSION OF RESTRICTED ACCESS SPACES IN UNITED 
                   STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES IN RUSSIA AND 
                   ADJACENT COUNTRIES.

       Each United States diplomatic facility that, after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, is constructed in, or undergoes 
     a construction upgrade in, the Russian Federation or any 
     country that shares a land border with the Russian Federation 
     shall be constructed to include a restricted access space.
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  SA 2863. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2124, to support sovereignty and democracy in 
Ukraine, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       Insert after section 11 the following new section:

     SEC. 12. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ASSESSMENT OF WEAPON SYSTEMS 
                   PROHIBITED BY THE INTERMEDIATE RANGE NUCLEAR 
                   FORCES TREATY FROM BEING PROVIDED TO NATO 
                   COUNTRIES.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
     report containing an assessment of weapon systems the 
     development and provision of which to North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization (NATO) countries is prohibited by the Treaty 
     Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet 
     Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-
     Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, done at Washington December 
     8, 1987 (commonly referred to as the ``Intermediate-Range 
     Nuclear Forces Treaty'').
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  SA 2864. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2124, to support sovereignty and democracy in 
Ukraine, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       Insert after section 11 the following new section:

     SEC. 12. ENHANCED ASSISTANCE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN UKRAINE.

       (a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the 
     United States to assist Ukraine to eliminate the human rights 
     abuses associated with the Berkut forces in order to foster a 
     democratically-reformed police force with strong public 
     oversight, which is critical to fostering political unity and 
     stability throughout Ukraine.
       (b) Availability of Funds.--Of amounts made available to 
     carry out section 1207 of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 22 U.S.C. 2151 
     note) for fiscal year 2014, $8,000,000 may be made available 
     to enhance United States efforts to assist Ukraine to 
     strengthen law enforcement capabilities and maintain the rule 
     of law.
       (c) Notification Requirement.--The congressional 
     notification requirements contained in section 1207(l) of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 
     (Public Law 112-81; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note) shall apply to the 
     initiation of activities under a program of assistance under 
     subsection (b) to the same extent and in the same manner as 
     such congressional notification requirements apply to the 
     initiation of activities under a program of assistance 
     section 1207(b) of such Act.
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  SA 2865. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2124, to support sovereignty and democracy in 
Ukraine, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       On page 7, line 2, strike ``security.'' and insert the 
     following: ``security; and
       (18) to ensure that the United States strategically deploys 
     defensive ballistic missile interceptors and x-band radar 
     capabilities to provide realistic security assurances to 
     European and NATO allies, including Ukraine.
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  SA 2866. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2124, to support sovereignty and democracy in 
Ukraine, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       On page 12, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:
       (2) as part of the NATO summit to be held in the United 
     Kingdom on September 4, 2014, prioritize the expansion of 
     NATO membership to include applicant countries.
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  SA 2867. Mr. REID (for Mr. Menendez (for himself and Mr. Corker)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 4152, to provide for the costs 
of loan guarantees for Ukraine; as follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Support for the Sovereignty, 
     Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act 
     of 2014''.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Alien.--The term ``alien'' has the meaning given that 
     term in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)).
       (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Appropriations, 
     and the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate; 
     and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Appropriations, 
     and the Speaker and minority leader of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (3) Materially assisted.--The term ``materially assisted'' 
     means the provision of assistance that is significant and of 
     a kind directly relevant to acts described in paragraph (1), 
     (2), or (3) of section 8(a) or acts described in section 
     9(a)(1).
       (4) United states person.--The term ``United States 
     person'' means--
       (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted 
     for permanent residence to the United States; or
       (B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States 
     or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a 
     foreign branch of such an entity.

     SEC. 3. UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD UKRAINE.

       It is the policy of the United States--
       (1) to condemn the unjustified military intervention of the 
     Russian Federation in the Crimea region of Ukraine and its 
     concurrent occupation of that region, as well as any other 
     form of political, economic, or military aggression against 
     Ukraine;
       (2) to reaffirm the commitment of the United States to, and 
     to remind Russia of its ongoing commitment to, the 1994 
     Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, which was 
     executed jointly with the Russian Federation and the United 
     Kingdom and explicitly secures the independence, sovereignty, 
     and territorial integrity and borders of Ukraine, and to 
     demand the immediate cessation of improper activities, 
     including the seizures of airfields and other locations, and 
     the immediate return of Russian forces to their barracks;
       (3) to work with United States partners in the European 
     Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and at the 
     United Nations to ensure that all nations recognize and not 
     undermine, nor seek to undermine, the independence, 
     sovereignty, or territorial or economic integrity of Ukraine;
       (4) to use all appropriate economic elements of United 
     States national power, in coordination with United States 
     allies, to protect the independence, sovereignty, and 
     territorial and economic integrity of Ukraine;
       (5) to support the people of Ukraine in their desire to 
     forge closer ties with Europe, including signing an 
     Association Agreement with the European Union as a means to 
     address endemic corruption, consolidate democracy, and 
     achieve sustained prosperity;
       (6) to use the voice and vote of the United States to 
     secure sufficient resources through the International 
     Monetary Fund to support needed economic structural reforms 
     in Ukraine under conditions that will reinforce a sovereign 
     decision by the Government of Ukraine to sign and implement 
     an association agreement with the European Union;
       (7) to help the Government of Ukraine prepare for the 
     presidential election in May 2014;
       (8) to reinforce the efforts of the Government of Ukraine 
     to bring to justice those responsible for the acts of 
     violence against peaceful protestors and other unprovoked 
     acts of violence related to the antigovernment protests in 
     that began on November 21, 2013;
       (9) to support the efforts of the Government of Ukraine to 
     recover and return to the Ukrainian state funds stolen by 
     former President Yanukovych, his family, and other current 
     and former members of the Ukrainian government and elites;
       (10) to support the continued professionalization of the 
     Ukrainian military;
       (11) to condemn economic extortion by the Russian 
     Federation against Ukraine, Moldova, Lithuania, and other 
     countries in the region designed to obstruct closer ties 
     between the European Union and the countries of the Eastern 
     Partnership and to reduce the harmful consequences of such 
     extortion;
       (12) to condemn the continuing and long-standing pattern 
     and practice by the Government of the Russian Federation of 
     physical and economic aggression toward neighboring 
     countries;
       (13) to enhance and extend our security cooperation with, 
     security assistance to, and military exercises conducted 
     with, states in Central and Eastern Europe, including North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries, NATO 
     aspirants, and appropriate Eastern Partnership countries;
       (14) to reaffirm United States defense commitments to its 
     treaty allies under Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty;
       (15) that the continued participation of the Russian 
     Federation in the Group of Eight

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     (G-8) nations should be conditioned on the Government of the 
     Russian Federation respecting the territorial integrity of 
     its neighbors and accepting and adhering to the norms and 
     standards of free, democratic societies as generally 
     practiced by every other member nation of the G-8 nations;
       (16) to explore ways for the United States Government to 
     assist the countries of Central and Eastern Europe to 
     diversify their energy sources and achieve energy security; 
     and
       (17) to ensure the United States maintains its predominant 
     leadership position and influence within the International 
     Monetary Fund, and to guarantee the International Monetary 
     Fund has the resources and governance structure necessary to 
     support structural reforms in Ukraine and respond to and 
     prevent a potentially serious financial crisis in Ukraine or 
     other foreign economic crises that threatens United States 
     national security.

     SEC. 4. PROVISION OF COSTS OF LOAN GUARANTEES FOR UKRAINE.

       (a) In General.--From the unobligated balance of amounts 
     appropriated or otherwise made available under the heading 
     ``economic support fund'' under the heading ``Funds 
     Appropriated to the President'' in title III of the 
     Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113-76) 
     and in Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
     State, foreign operations, and related programs for preceding 
     fiscal years (other than amounts designated pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A))), amounts 
     shall be made available for the costs (as defined in section 
     502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) 
     of loan guarantees for Ukraine that are hereby authorized to 
     be provided under this Act.
       (b) Inapplicability of Certain Limitations.--Amounts made 
     available for the costs of loan guarantees for Ukraine 
     pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be considered 
     ``assistance'' for the purpose of provisions of law limiting 
     assistance to Ukraine.

     SEC. 5. RECOVERY OF ASSETS LINKED TO GOVERNMENTAL CORRUPTION 
                   IN UKRAINE.

       (a) Asset Recovery.--The Secretary of State, in 
     coordination with the Attorney General and the Secretary of 
     the Treasury, shall assist, on an expedited basis as 
     appropriate, the Government of Ukraine to identify, secure, 
     and recover assets linked to acts of corruption by Viktor 
     Yanukovych, members of his family, or other former or current 
     officials of the Government of Ukraine or their accomplices 
     in any jurisdiction through appropriate programs, including 
     the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative of the Department 
     of Justice.
       (b) Coordination.--Any asset recovery efforts undertaken 
     pursuant to subsection (a) shall be coordinated through the 
     relevant bilateral or multilateral entities, including, as 
     appropriate, the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence 
     Units, the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative of the World Bank 
     Group and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the 
     Camden Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network, and the Global 
     Focal Point Initiative of the International Criminal Police 
     Organization (INTERPOL).
       (c) Investigative Assistance.--The Secretary of State, in 
     coordination with the Attorney General, shall assist the 
     Government of Ukraine, the European Union, and other 
     appropriate countries, on an expedited basis, with formal and 
     informal investigative assistance and training, as 
     appropriate, to support the identification, seizure, and 
     return to the Government of Ukraine of assets linked to acts 
     of corruption.
       (d) Priority Assigned.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     ensure that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the 
     Department of the Treasury assists the Government of Ukraine, 
     the European Union, and other appropriate countries under 
     section 314(a) of the Uniting and Strengthening America by 
     Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and 
     Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (31 U.S.C. 5311 note).

     SEC. 6. DEMOCRACY, CIVIL SOCIETY, GOVERNANCE, AND TECHNICAL 
                   ASSISTANCE FOR UKRAINE AND OTHER STATES IN 
                   CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall, subject to 
     the availability of appropriations, directly or through 
     nongovernmental organizations--
       (1) improve democratic governance, transparency, 
     accountability, rule of law, and anti-corruption efforts in 
     Ukraine;
       (2) support efforts by the Government of Ukraine to foster 
     greater unity among the people and regions of the country;
       (3) support the people and Government of Ukraine in 
     preparing to conduct and contest free and fair elections, 
     including through domestic and international election 
     monitoring;
       (4) assist in diversifying Ukraine's economy, trade, and 
     energy supplies, including at the national, regional, and 
     local levels;
       (5) strengthen democratic institutions and political and 
     civil society organizations in Ukraine;
       (6) expand free and unfettered access to independent media 
     of all kinds in Ukraine and assist with the protection of 
     journalists and civil society activists who have been 
     targeted for free speech activities;
       (7) support political and economic reform initiatives by 
     Eastern Partnership countries; and
       (8) support the efforts of the Government of Ukraine, civil 
     society, and international organizations to enhance the 
     economic and political empowerment of women in Ukraine and to 
     prevent and address violence against women and girls in 
     Ukraine, and support the inclusion of women in Ukraine in any 
     negotiations to restore Ukraine's security, independence, 
     sovereignty, or territorial or economic integrity.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $50,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 2015 to carry out the activities set forth in 
     subsection (a). Amounts appropriated for the activities set 
     forth in subsection (a) shall be used pursuant to the 
     authorization and requirements contained in this section. 
     Additional amounts may be authorized to be appropriated under 
     other provisions of law.
       (c) Strategy Requirement.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
     to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy to 
     carry out the activities set forth in subsection (a).
       (d) Notification Requirement.--
       (1) In general.--Funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available pursuant to subsection (b) may not be obligated 
     until 15 days after the date on which the President has 
     provided notice of intent to obligate such funds to the 
     appropriate congressional committees.
       (2) Waiver.--The President may waive the notification 
     requirement under paragraph (1) if the President determines 
     that failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human 
     health or welfare, in which case notification shall be 
     provided as early as practicable, but in no event later than 
     three days after taking the action to which such notification 
     requirement was applicable in the context of the 
     circumstances necessitating such waiver.

     SEC. 7. ENHANCED SECURITY COOPERATION WITH UKRAINE AND OTHER 
                   COUNTRIES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE.

       (a) In General.--The President shall, subject to the 
     availability of appropriations--
       (1) enhance security cooperation efforts and relationships 
     amongst countries in Central and Eastern Europe and among the 
     United States, the European Union, and countries in Central 
     and Eastern Europe;
       (2) provide additional security assistance, including 
     defense articles and defense services (as those terms are 
     defined in section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2794)) and military training, to countries in Central 
     and Eastern Europe, including Ukraine; and
       (3) support greater reform, professionalism, and capacity-
     building efforts within the military, intelligence, and 
     security services in Central and Eastern Europe, including 
     Ukraine.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the President a total of $100,000,000 
     for fiscal years 2015 through 2017 to carry out this section. 
     Amounts appropriated for the activities set forth in 
     subsection (a) shall be used pursuant to the authorization 
     and requirements contained in this section. Additional 
     amounts may be authorized to be appropriated under other 
     provisions of law.
       (c) Strategy Requirement.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
     to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy to 
     carry out the activities set forth in subsection (a).
       (d) Notification Requirement.--
       (1) In general.--Funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available pursuant to subsection (b) may not be obligated 
     until 15 days after the date on which the President has 
     provided notice of intent to obligate such funds to the 
     appropriate congressional committees and the Committees on 
     Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Waiver.--The President may waive the notification 
     requirement under paragraph (1) if the President determines 
     that failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human 
     health or welfare, in which case notification shall be 
     provided as early as practicable, but in no event later than 
     three days after taking the action to which such notification 
     requirement was applicable in the context of the 
     circumstances necessitating such waiver.

     SEC. 8. SANCTIONS ON PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLENCE OR 
                   UNDERMINING THE PEACE, SECURITY, STABILITY, 
                   SOVEREIGNTY, OR TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF 
                   UKRAINE.

       (a) In General.--The President shall impose the sanctions 
     described in subsection (b) with respect to--
       (1) any person, including a current or former official of 
     the Government of Ukraine or a person acting on behalf of 
     that Government, that the President determines has 
     perpetrated, or is responsible for ordering, controlling, or 
     otherwise directing, significant acts of violence or gross 
     human rights abuses in Ukraine against persons associated 
     with the antigovernment protests in Ukraine that began on 
     November 21, 2013;
       (2) any person that the President determines has 
     perpetrated, or is responsible for ordering, controlling, or 
     otherwise directing, significant acts that are intended to 
     undermine the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or 
     territorial integrity of Ukraine, including acts of economic 
     extortion;
       (3) any official of the Government of the Russian 
     Federation, or a close associate or family member of such an 
     official, that the President determines is responsible for,

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     complicit in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, or 
     otherwise directing, acts of significant corruption in 
     Ukraine, including the expropriation of private or public 
     assets for personal gain, corruption related to government 
     contracts or the extraction of natural resources, bribery, or 
     the facilitation or transfer of the proceeds of corruption to 
     foreign jurisdictions; and
       (4) any individual that the President determines materially 
     assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or 
     technological support for, or goods or services in support 
     of, the commission of acts described in paragraph (1), (2), 
     or (3).
       (b) Sanctions Described.--
       (1) In general.--The sanctions described in this subsection 
     are the following:
       (A) Asset blocking.--The exercise of all powers granted to 
     the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers 
     Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 
     and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests 
     in property of a person determined by the President to be 
     subject to subsection (a) if such property and interests in 
     property are in the United States, come within the United 
     States, or are or come within the possession or control of a 
     United States person.
       (B) Exclusion from the united states and revocation of visa 
     or other documentation.--In the case of an alien determined 
     by the President to be subject to subsection (a), denial of a 
     visa to, and exclusion from the United States of, the alien, 
     and revocation in accordance with section 221(i) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of any 
     visa or other documentation of the alien.
       (2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
     violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of 
     paragraph (1)(A) or any regulation, license, or order issued 
     to carry out paragraph (1)(A) shall be subject to the 
     penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 
     of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
     1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful 
     act described in subsection (a) of that section.
       (3) Exception relating to the importation of goods.--
       (A) In general.--The requirement to block and prohibit all 
     transactions in all property and interests in property under 
     paragraph (1)(A) shall not include the authority to impose 
     sanctions on the importation of goods.
       (B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term ``good'' has 
     the meaning given that term in section 16 of the Export 
     Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415) (as 
     continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency 
     Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)).
       (4) Exception to comply with united nations headquarters 
     agreement.--Sanctions under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply 
     to an alien if admitting the alien into the United States is 
     necessary to permit the United States to comply with the 
     Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, 
     signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 
     November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United 
     States, or other applicable international obligations.
       (c) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of 
     sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person if 
     the President--
       (1) determines that such a waiver is in the national 
     security interests of the United States; and
       (2) on or before the date on which the waiver takes effect, 
     submits to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee 
     on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a 
     notice of and a justification for the waiver.
       (d) Regulatory Authority.--The President shall issue such 
     regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry 
     out this section.

     SEC. 9. SANCTIONS ON PERSONS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
                   COMPLICIT IN OR RESPONSIBLE FOR SIGNIFICANT 
                   CORRUPTION.

       (a) In General.--The President is authorized and encouraged 
     to impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with 
     respect to--
       (1) any official of the Government of the Russian 
     Federation, or a close associate or family member of such an 
     official, that the President determines is responsible for, 
     or complicit in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, or 
     otherwise directing, acts of significant corruption in the 
     Russian Federation, including the expropriation of private or 
     public assets for personal gain, corruption related to 
     government contracts or the extraction of natural resources, 
     bribery, or the facilitation or transfer of the proceeds of 
     corruption to foreign jurisdictions; and
       (2) any individual who has materially assisted, sponsored, 
     or provided financial, material, or technological support 
     for, or goods or services in support of, an act described in 
     paragraph (1).
       (b) Sanctions Described.--
       (1) In general.--The sanctions described in this subsection 
     are the following:
       (A) Asset blocking.--The exercise of all powers granted to 
     the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers 
     Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 
     and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests 
     in property of a person determined by the President to be 
     subject to subsection (a) if such property and interests in 
     property are in the United States, come within the United 
     States, or are or come within the possession or control of a 
     United States person.
       (B) Exclusion from the united states and revocation of visa 
     or other documentation.--In the case of an alien determined 
     by the President to be subject to subsection (a), denial of a 
     visa to, and exclusion from the United States of, the alien, 
     and revocation in accordance with section 221(i) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of any 
     visa or other documentation of the alien.
       (2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
     violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of 
     paragraph (1)(A) or any regulation, license, or order issued 
     to carry out paragraph (1)(A) shall be subject to the 
     penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 
     of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
     1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful 
     act described in subsection (a) of that section.
       (3) Exception relating to the importation of goods.--
       (A) In general.--The authority to block and prohibit all 
     transactions in all property and interests in property under 
     paragraph (1)(A) shall not include the authority to impose 
     sanctions on the importation of goods.
       (B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term ``good'' has 
     the meaning given that term in section 16 of the Export 
     Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415) (as 
     continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency 
     Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)).
       (4) Exception to comply with united nations headquarters 
     agreement.--Sanctions under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply 
     to an alien if admitting the alien into the United States is 
     necessary to permit the United States to comply with the 
     Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, 
     signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 
     November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United 
     States, or other applicable international obligations.
       (c) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of 
     sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person if 
     the President--
       (1) determines that such a waiver is in the national 
     security interests of the United States; and
       (2) on or before the date on which the waiver takes effect, 
     submits to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee 
     on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a 
     notice of and a justification for the waiver.
       (d) Regulatory Authority.--The President shall issue such 
     regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry 
     out this section.

     SEC. 10. ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS 
                   INVOLVING THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

       (a) Report.--Not later than June 1, 2015, and June 1 of 
     each year thereafter through 2020, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the specified congressional committees a 
     report, in both classified and unclassified form, on the 
     current and future military power of the Russian Federation 
     (in this section referred to as ``Russia''). The report shall 
     address the current and probable future course of military-
     technological development of the Russian military, the tenets 
     and probable development of the security strategy and 
     military strategy of the Government of Russia, and military 
     organizations and operational concepts, for the 20-year 
     period following submission of such report.
       (b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required under 
     subsection (a) shall include the following:
       (1) An assessment of the security situation in regions 
     neighboring Russia.
       (2) The goals and factors shaping the security strategy and 
     military strategy of the Government of Russia.
       (3) Trends in Russian security and military behavior that 
     would be designed to achieve, or that are consistent with, 
     the goals described in paragraph (2).
       (4) An assessment of the global and regional security 
     objectives of the Government of Russia, including objectives 
     that would affect the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the 
     Middle East, or the People's Republic of China.
       (5) A detailed assessment of the sizes, locations, and 
     capabilities of the nuclear, special operations, land, sea, 
     and air forces of the Government of Russia.
       (6) Developments in Russian military doctrine and training.
       (7) An assessment of the proliferation activities of the 
     Government of Russia and Russian entities, as a supplier of 
     materials, technologies, or expertise relating to nuclear 
     weapons or other weapons of mass destruction or missile 
     systems.
       (8) Developments in the asymmetric capabilities of the 
     Government of Russia, including its strategy and efforts to 
     develop and deploy cyberwarfare and electronic warfare 
     capabilities, details on the number of malicious cyber 
     incidents originating from Russia against Department of 
     Defense infrastructure, and associated activities originating 
     or suspected of originating from Russia.

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       (9) The strategy and capabilities of space and counterspace 
     programs in Russia, including trends, global and regional 
     activities, the involvement of military and civilian 
     organizations, including state-owned enterprises, academic 
     institutions, and commercial entities, and efforts to 
     develop, acquire, or gain access to advanced technologies 
     that would enhance Russian military capabilities.
       (10) Developments in Russia's nuclear program, including 
     the size and state of Russia's stockpile, its nuclear 
     strategy and associated doctrines, its civil and military 
     production capacities, and projections of its future 
     arsenals.
       (11) A description of the anti-access and area denial 
     capabilities of the Government of Russia.
       (12) A description of Russia's command, control, 
     communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and 
     reconnaissance modernization program and its applications for 
     Russia's precision guided weapons.
       (13) In consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the 
     Secretary of State, developments regarding United States-
     Russian engagement and cooperation on security matters.
       (14) Other military and security developments involving 
     Russia that the Secretary of Defense considers relevant to 
     United States national security.
       (c) Specified Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``specified congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the 
     majority leader and minority leader of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence, and the Speaker and minority leader of the 
     House of Representatives.
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  SA 2868. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2124, to support sovereignty and democracy in 
Ukraine, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       Insert after section 11 the following new section:

     SEC. 12. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CYBER ATTACKS AND 
                   DEFENSE.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) a direct Russian cyber attack or cyber violation 
     against NATO or United States operations that causes 
     significant disruption or destruction, or against Ukraine's 
     critical infrastructure, would be considered a violation of 
     peace agreements; and
       (2) the United States Government should establish effective 
     cyber deterrence policies and pursue the establishment of 
     objectives to defend Europe against Russian short- and 
     medium-range ballistic missiles.

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